Groundbreaking research, influential scholarship, and bold creative work took center stage as Rutgers University–Camden celebrated the 2026 Chancellor’s Awards for Research and Creative Activity. Drawn from both tenured and non-tenured faculty ranks and designed to recognize work that spans disciplines, methodologies, and forms of expression, this year’s recipients reflect the breadth and vitality of the university’s academic community.
Against the backdrop of its Centennial year, Rutgers University–Camden celebrated the achievements, resilience, and ambitions of the Class of 2026 during a week of commencement ceremonies honoring more than 1700 undergraduate and graduate students.
The long fight for constitutional gender equality took center stage at Rutgers Law School in Camden when the Women’s Law Caucus, Rutgers Law School Alumnae Network, and the Minority Student Program co-hosted a program examining the past, present, and future of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in honor of Women’s History Month.
Five men serving decades-long prison sentences received clemency in recent weeks with help from a clinic at Rutgers Law in Camden. Their work on complex petitions, completed through the Expungement Law Project and with the ACLU of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), contributed to successful commutations in these high-profile cases involving extreme sentencing and disputed evidence.
The Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law (RIIPL) and Free Press hosted a panel with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Anna Gomez about threats to free speech in the U.S. and New Jersey.
Sarah E. Ricks, distinguished clinical professor of law, earned a nationally competitive grant to further her legal research, which will appear in the UCLA Law Review next year.